NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

NASA and its partners have published the first wave of information about the samples collected in the OSIRIS-REx mission. "The findings do not show evidence for life itself, but they do suggest ...

In this handout provided by NASA, the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, on September 24, 2023 at the Department of Defense's ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe captured photos during the release of its return capsule last month, preserving the historic moment for posterity. Those images, which the space agency released on ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully dropped off a capsule containing a sample of one asteroid — and is now heading for another one.

On Sunday, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth and dropped a sample of asteroid Bennu to Utah's West Desert. The mission went "absolutely perfectly," and NASA scientists hope the sample will ...

OSIRIS-REx—the first U.S. mission to attempt a sample return from a space rock—has successfully sent materials from asteroid Bennu back to Earth By Leonard David edited by Lee Billings ...

The seven-year Osiris-Rex mission ended on Sunday with the return of regolith from the asteroid Bennu, which might hold clues about the origins of our solar system and life.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return capsule and its parachute are seen by recovery teams from a helicopter after its successful landing in Utah on Sept. 24, 2023.

Two more OSIRIS-REx activities happening Sept. 22 include: Remote interviews: NASA will offer live and taped interviews to reporters with members of the OSIRIS-REx team and subject matter experts.

In 2020, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made its most dramatic and difficult maneuver, touching down on the asteroid’s surface and scooping up a sample, a feat achieved while the spacecraft was more ...